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Welcome to the News Website of the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society.We will be posting regular updates of Society News and other Local Family History items.Check down the left hand side of the page for links to some great Society resources and past news items.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

I love the wonderful information to be found in old school registers but it can be a tedious process sometimes searching through microfilm after microfilm to find which tiny school your person of interest attended ..and then of course missing bits :)

Indexes make such a difference and this great CD compiled by one of our society members Gloria Glass, goes one step further with transcriptions with most of the data on the films!

If you click on the image above, you will see the wealth of information provided.

Rosalie was a shire just to the north west of Toowoomba ..now part of the larger Toowoomba Regional Council.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Would you like to check out just who is mentioned in the Society's Publication "Darling Downs Biographical Register to 1900 " ?You can now download an index to parts 1 and 2 HERE or from the link on the left hand side of this page.

If you find a name of interest you can contact the Society for more details..see links at the foot of this page.The Register is also available for purchase in 2 parts. Details are on the PUBLICATIONS page of our main website.

Friday, September 11, 2009

I have just uploaded another decade index for Births Deaths and Marriages from the Darling Downs Gazette. [1881-1890] This latest index contains more than 6000 names of individuals whose birth death marriage or obituary was mentioned in the Darling Downs Gazette for that period.Link is to the left hand side of your screen.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Links to Indexes to our Society Journal, at least up to 2001 are now available for you to peruse!See side panel.Of course they do not cover recent years and may not be absolutely inclusive but they will give you an idea of the people and topics covered in our Journals.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

I have just been looking at the CD I purchased yesterday of all the past copies of THE GAZETTE ..[1987-2009] the societies magazine..wowee well done girls.Fantastic to be able to easily access all those articles and of course the biggest plus is that being in pdf format, it is searchable.

Added bonus is that I can now free up some much needed shelf space in my cupboard by disposing of past printed copies..THANK YOU !

For those who are interested ..the CD is $5.00 for members and $25.00 for non membersPostage $2.50Contact details at the foot of the page

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You will need a PDF reader installed to open our files.If you find an entry of interest, it is possible to obtain a photocopy of the article from the Society.Cost is $2.50 for the first image and a $1.50 for further images.Contact details at the foot of this page. Please supply details as mentioned in the index.

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Many thanks to Kev Farmer/ APN for use of his photo in our header image.